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American Society of Papyrologists Summer Seminars
in
Papyrology
NEW! Information concerning the Berkeley
Seminar
The ten universities listed below have undertaken
to create a 10-year sequence of summer programs in papyrology, with one
seminar to be held each year by one of the universities. During the
ten-year period, the American Society of Papyrologists will seek to
raise a permanent endowment for the program so that it can be
continued after 2012. Such seminars were last offered in the late 1960s.
Each seminar will have a distinctive focus, to be
established by the host institution. These emphases will be
chronological, linguistic, or thematic, or some combination of these;
they will reflect local interests and available resources. It is
planned that some seminars will involve forms of the Egyptian
language and scripts as well as Greek. For example, one seminar might
focus on the Hellenistic period and include Greek and Demotic;
another might combine literary and documentary; another might focus
on Late Antiquity and include Greek and Coptic.
The prospective audience is current graduate
students and younger faculty members in relevant fields, including
Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology, Ancient Religions, and Biblical
Studies. Approximately 10 participants will be chosen for each
seminar by the host institution. Normally the programs will be six
weeks long, but modest variations from this length are possible. The
programs will demand a full-time commitment (i.e., Monday-Friday,
9-5) from participants. The faculty will include both those who
regularly teach at the host institution and guest professors from other
universities in North America and Europe. The ASP will provide a
certificate to those completing the institute, but the host
institutions will not grant credit nor provide a transcript.
Each institution will establish its own budget and
find funding for its seminar. Although details are not yet
available, it is expected that all or most seminars will have some
funds available for stipends to defray some of the participants'
costs. Home institution support will be necessary for at least some
of the participants. There will be no tuition fee.
Participating institutions:
(with names of faculty involved in the planning of the seminars)
Northeast:
Southeast:
Midwest:
West Coast:
Canada:
Tentative schedule of seminars:
(with anticipated themes)
Questions
about the multi-year program of seminars may be directed to Roger Bagnall.
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